Poll Average — The average of
the Associated Press media poll and the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll.
Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.

Computer Average — The average of Richard Billingsley (RB), Dunkel Index
(DI), Kenneth Massey (KM), The New York Times (NYT), David Rothman (DR),
Jeff Sagarin (JS), Matthews/Scrippts-Howard (SH) and The Anderson &
Hester/Seattle Times rankings (ST). The computer component will be
determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest
computer rankings will be disregarded.

Schedule Rank — Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A
teams divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the
cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponents (66.6 percent) and the
cumulative won/loss record of the team's opponents' opponents (33.3
percent).